Station information
- Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) station ID: 997338
- Country: US
- State: IL
- Latitude: 42.0
- Longitude: -87.5
High Temperatures
On January 26 in CHICAGO the average high temperature is 33.4 °F (0.8 °C). The lowest recored high temperature was 12.4 °F (-10.9 °C) in 2022 and the highest recored high temperature was 49.8 °F (9.9 °C) in 2018. The high temperature is usually* between 27.7 °F (-2.4 °C) and 39.1 °F (4.0 °C). About a quarter of the time, the high temperature is less than 27.7 °F (-2.4 °C), and another quarter of the time, the high temperature is greater than and 39.1 °F (4.0 °C). About 95% of the time, the high temperature has been between 16.9 °F (-8.4 °C) and 50.0 °F (10.0 °C).
Low Temperatures
On January 26 in CHICAGO the average low temperature is 23.3 °F (-4.8 °C). The lowest recored low temperature was -0.8 °F (-18.2 °C) in 2022 and the lowest recored low temperature was 35.4 °F (1.9 °C) in 2018. The low temperature is usually* between 16.6 °F (-8.6 °C) and 30.1 °F (-1.1 °C). About a quarter of the time, the low temperature is less than 16.6 °F (-8.6 °C), and another quarter of the time, the low temperature is greater than and 30.1 °F (-1.1 °C). About 95% of the time, the low temperature has been between 3.7 °F (-15.7 °C) and 43.0 °F (6.1 °C).
Frost
On January 26 in CHICAGO expect the temperatures to drop below freezing for a risk of frost about 80.6% of the time.
Data Source(s)
The data used to compute the average high/low temperatures for this location were taken from the following stations:
- CHICAGO — Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) station ID: 997338 — from year 2007 to 2025